Registration is now open! Mark your calendars now for Beat Beethoven! our annual 5K Run/Walk, held Sunday morning, October 5, 2014 in Schenectady’s Central Park. This light-hearted but fleet-footed morning of fun and adventure begins as runners line up in front of the pavilion in Central Park, awaiting Maestro Schneider’s downbeat to some of the […]

As graduations approach, you may be looking for a way to spend a nice evening, do a little shopping and support the Schenectady Symphony at the same time. Next Thursday, May 29, might be your chance! No pressure to purchase anything, just a chance to to look over a collection of jewelry, enjoy some appetizers […]

We’re now wrapping up our plant sale with Felthousen’s Florists, who are supporting the Schenectady Symphony Orchestra with 15% of all sales of bedding plants when accompanied by this coupon. From now through Monday, you can get ready for summer and support the SSO. We appreciate the support of local businesses such as Felthousen’s. Spruce […]

Looking for a way to spend a nice evening, do a little shopping and support the Schenectady Symphony at the same time? Symphonic Sunset, hosted by GLENNPETER JEWELERS, might be your chance! Please join League Members as we proudly pay tribute to the presence of our Symphony Orchestra whose classical music enhances the cultural ambiance […]

The 2014 Parillo Piano Competition was held on Saturday, May 3 at the Schenectady County Community College School of Music. The winner was Rachel Sohn, a 9th grader from Clifton Park. Rachel attends Shenendehowa High School and her piano teacher is Dr. Young Kim of the College of St. Rose. Rachel performed the Chopin Scherzo No. 4 […]

Few cities of our size can boast of having a symphony, let alone one as accomplished as ours. Now after 80 seasons, the Schenectady Symphony Orchestra remains a vital force for the continued growth of the region. Such an outlet for live classical music enhances the quality of life, and makes Schenectady an attractive option […]

Schenectady Symphony board member Peggy King modeling an outfit from Casual Set in Stuyvesant Plaza at the 57th Symphony of Fashion, presented by the League of the Schenectady Symphony Orchestra at the Glen Sanders Mansion in Scotia. The fashion show and luncheon is the biggest yearly fundraiser for the Schenectady Symphony which is supported solely […]

Collaboration is very in these days. We’re all trying to do more with less. Less money, fewer resources, and more fragmented entertainment options for the public. There are so very many non-profit arts organizations in the Capital Region! Sometimes it feels like there is someone asking for your support every time you turn around. Shouldn’t […]

The first 150 ladies to arrive at Proctors for the Schenectady Symphony’s Mother’s Day Romance Concert at 3pm at Proctors, will all receive a beautiful fresh flower, and the opportunity to spoil that special Mother in your life with an after-concert meal at Katie O’Brynes where you will receive 10% off your tab and a […]

Conductor Ching-Chun Lai has held the post of Director of Orchestras and Associate Professor of Music at the Crane School of Music, State University of New York at Potsdam since 2011. During her tenure, the Crane Symphony Orchestra has performed in prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. In […]

On the program…. Concerto for Oboe and Strings, D minor, op. 9, no. 2 Tomasco Albinoni Tomasco Albinoni was born in Venice in 1671. His birth year places him stylistically within the development of instrumental music : 13 years younger than Torelli, 7 years older than Vivaldi and 14 years older than Johann Sebastian Bach, […]

Glen Cortese has had hundreds of guest engagements as the conductor of dozens of orchestras, opera companies and summer festivals around the world. He has appeared with the New Jersey Symphony, the North Carolina Symphony, the Florida Philharmonic, the Belarus State Philharmonic, Sofia Philharmonic, the National Romanian Radio Orchestra the Slovak Radio Orchestra and the Mexico […]

BLIZZARD BLOWOUT! SINGLE TICKETS $10. Monday, January 21 concert at 7pm at Proctors. This does not apply to buy an adult ticket for $15 or $22 and get 1 FREE student ticket. This is still available, but $10 ticket is a one time only special offer. Pre-concert talk at 6pm in the Fenimore Gallery at […]